James Naismith(Canadian Inventor)

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James A. Naismith was the inventor of the sport of basketball and the first to introduce the use of a helmet in American football.

He was born in Ramsay township, near Almonte, Ontario, Canada, the eldest son of Scottish immigrants, John Naismith and Margaret Young who had arrived in the area in 1851 and worked in the mining industry.